Judge sends major Bad-Faith case back to Philadelphia Court

Mario Cattabiani

by Mario Cattabiani — April 21, 2014

news.jpg

How To Get Your Free Initial Consultation

To start an evaluation of your case, please complete the form below. The more information you can provide, the better able we will be to determine if we can help you.

We will review the information and let you know by email shortly if we may be able to handle your matter and what the next steps may be.

*This web site is designed for general information only. The information presented at this site should not be construed to be formal legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship.

A federal judge has remanded a major bad-faith lawsuit against Allstate Insurance Co., back to Philadelphia Common Pleas Court in the second legal win in the case this month for Matt Casey, a founding partner of Ross Feller Casey.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania agreed with Casey that the case, stemming from an auto accident that produced a $19.1 million jury verdict, should be heard in the common pleas court.

Stengel ruled that even though Allstate is based in Illinois, the case centered on the bad faith actions of four of its Pennsylvania agents.

Among other things, Casey has alleged that those agents worked to block payment of the initial $250,000 policy claim of his client, Patrick Hennessy.

Hennessy lost his leg as a result of an accident while trying to push his friend's car to the side of a Philadelphia road in 2009. Earlier this month, the Philadelphia trial judge in the case upheld the verdict and awarded delay damages, bringing the total award to $20.2 million.

Casey told The Legal Intelligencer newspaper in an article today that "We have already begun the discovery process and will now depose everyone involved in adjusting this claim."

Casey added that he has "every intention of collecting both the full judgment, with interest, as well as damages to deter Allstate from ever treating its millions of other" policy holders the way it did in this case.

Read the story below:

Disclaimer: Ross Feller Casey, LLP provides legal advice only after an attorney-client relationship is formed. Our website is an introduction to the firm and does not create a relationship between our attorneys and clients. An attorney-client relationship is formed only after a written agreement is signed by the client and the firm. Because every case is unique, the description of awards and summary of cases successfully handled are not intended to imply or guarantee that same success in other cases. Ross Feller Casey, LLP represents catastrophically injured persons and their families in injury and wrongful death cases, providing legal representation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.